Disappearing bed.



W. L. MURPHY.

DISAPPEARING BED APPLIUATIGN FILED AFR 1x, 1912 1,068,806. Patented July 29, 1913.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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"T all whom it may concern:

'- of the Be it known that I, WILLIAM L. MURPHY, a citizen of theUnited States, and a resident of the city and county of San Francisco and State of California, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvementsi'n Disappearing Beds, of which the following is a specitlcation. I

The invent-ion relates to beds which are adapted to be concealed when not in use, by

being moved into a closet or recess, or-

through an opening in a wall which may be closed b a door.

The 0 ject of the invention is to provide an apparatus whereby a bed may be moved through an opening which is of less width than the width of the bed.

Another object of the invention is to provide an apparatus whereby the bed is connected intermediate its edges to a support arranged adjacent to one side of an opening in a wall of less width than the width of the bed, so that the bedmay be moved through the o' ening to lie on either side of the wall, and t e openin may be closed bya sliding door when the ed is in either position, the door being arranged preferably on that side opening adjacent which the bed is connecte The invention possesses other advantageous. features, which, with the foregoing will be set forth in the following description where I shall outline in full that form or embodiment of the invention which I have selected for illustration in the drawings accompanying and forming part of the present specification. The novelty of the invention will be included in the claims succeeding said description. From this it will be apparent that I'do not restrict myself to the showing made by said drawings and descrip-, tion as I may adopt many variations within the scope of my invention as expressed in said claims.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is an elevation showing the bed inposition for use, the door being shown partly closed. Fig. 2 is a sectional View of the opening for the bed, showing the bed folded up ward and showing in dotted'lines the position'of the bed on the other side of the opening. Fig. 3 is a section, looking upward, taken above the top edge .ofthe door showing the means for guiding the bed in its movement through the opening. Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken through the floor showing the lower part of the guiding and supporting means for the bed.

In my application for Letters Patent of the United States, Serial No. 619,776 filed April 8, 1911 I have shown a-bed connected adjacent one side of an opening in a wall and adapted to be moved through said opening. When the bed is moved into position on either side of the wall, the opening is closed by a sliding door which seats in the wall at the other side of the opening from that to which the bed support is arranged adjacent. In the present instance I have provided a construction whereby the door may seat the wall adjacent which the bed is inounte although I do not desire to limit m self to a door so arranged.

he wall 2 is provided with an opening 3,

of less width than the width of the bed, which may be closed by the sliding vdoor 4.

Arranged in the opening, adjacent one side thereof is a vertical 0st or standard 5 to which the head end 0 the bed (3 is attached,

mesh respectively with the racks 12 and 13 which extend across the depth of the opening in the wall and which are properly held in place by being secured to the framework of the wall or floor. The pinion 9 and the rack 13 are preferably arranged. below the ,op board 14 of the floor which is provided with an elongated opening 15 in which the standard is movable.

The pinion 8 and the rack 12 are arranged above the door 1 and below the track or guide 16 on which the door, is hung. The upper rack 12 is cut away in the path of the door-hanger, so that the door may be moved to close the opening in the wall when the bed is in either position. The pinion 8 is provided with a tooth 17 of larger dimensions than the remainder of the teeth, which engages the slot in the rack 12 through which the doorhanger passes, and allows the pinion to pass over said slot without "any interruption in its movement. The pin-v ions are held in mesh with their respective racks by means of the guide ways 18 19 .acts as a support for the standard, which may be provided at'its lower end with an anti-frictionbearing 21, so that the device may be easily manipulated.

The bed 6 is attached at its head end, at a point intermediate the sides of the bed, to the standard 5 and the main body of the bed is foldable or collapsible in a vertical arc, so that it may be moved to lie adjacent to and substantially parallel with the standard. In this position it may be readily moved through the opening tolie on. either side of the wall. As the bed is moved, the standard is rotated and travels across the depth of the opening, so that as the head of the bed arrives at a position parallel to the wall at either side, the. standard reaches the limit of its throw at that side.

I claim:

1. In combination with aAvall having an opening, a standard arranged adjacent to one side of said opening and adapted to be moved forward and backward in said opening, and a bed connected intermediate its sides to said standard.

2. In combination with a wall having an opening, a standard arranged adjacent to one side of the opening, a bed attached intermediate its sides to said standard, and means operative by the movement oi-the' bed through said opening to move the stand ard transversely of said wall.

3. In combination with a Wall having an' 4. In combination with a wall having an opening, a standard arranged adjacent one side of the opening, a bed connected intermediate its sides to said standard and adapted to be moved through said opening, racks arranged above and below said opening, pinions on the standard engaging said racks, and means for holding said pinions in engagement with said racks.

5. In combination with a wall having an opening, a standard arranged adjacent one sideof the opening, a bed connected intermediate its sides to said standard and adapted to be moved through the opening, a pinion attached to the upper end of said standard, a rack formed in two alined parts spaced apart adapted to be engaged by said pinion and a tooth on the pinion adapted to en a e with the adacent ends of said two-part rack.

6.111 combination with a. wall having an opening, a standard. arranged adjacent to one side of said opening, a bed of greater width than said opening attached intermediate its sides to said standard and adapted to move through said opening, and means operative by the movement of the bed through the opening to move the standard transversely of said wall.

4 7. In combination with a wall having an opening, a bed attached to a vertical axis arranged adjacent to one side of said open ing and intermediate bet .veen the sides of the bed, and means operative by the movement of the bed about said axis to move said axis transversely of said wall.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at San Francisco, California, this 8th day of April 1919.

WILLIAM L. MURPHY.

In presence of- H. G. Pnos'r, P. S. PrnwnLL. 

